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List Of Romani Americans
This is a list of notable Romani Americans and Americans of Romani descent. List *Béla Babai - musician *Elek Bacsik - Hungarian-American jazz guitarist and violinist *Stiv Bators - punk rock vocalist * Gratiela Brancusi - Romanian-born American actress * Raymond Buckland, Wiccan writer *Darren E. Burrows - actor and director * Charles Chaplin Jr. - actor * Michael Costello - fashion designer who made dresses for various celebrities *Billy Drago - actor *Karen Finley - performance artist, musician and poet * Nicolae Feraru - Romanian cimbalom player who immigrated to the United States and performs in Chicago * Caren Gussoff - author *Ian Hancock - University of Texas linguist, scholar, and activist * Amber L. Hollibaugh - writer, film-maker and political activist *Tini Howard - comics writer * Eugene Hütz - Ukrainian-born singer * Johns family - subjects of the National Geographic Channel reality television series "American Gypsies" *Priscilla Kelly - professional wrestler *La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani Americans
It is estimated that there are one million Romani people in the United States. Though the Romani population in the United States has largely assimilated into American society, the largest concentrations are in Southern California, the Pacific Northwest, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and the Northeast as well as in cities such as Chicago and St. Louis. There is also a substantial Romani community in Miami and Las Vegas. Around 200,000 Roma live in California, and about 50,000 live in Los Angeles. They are sometimes referred as "American Gypsies.” Some of the Romani population view the reference as a term of endearment which can be explored more at the https://www.gypsyloresociety.org/ and there are some that view the reference to be a racial slur. The largest wave of Romani immigrants came from the Transylvania, Wallachia and Moldavia region in the late 19th century following the abolition of Slavery in Romania in 1864. Romani immigration to the United States ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Gypsies
''American Gypsies'' is an American reality television series on National Geographic Channel. The series debuted on July 17, 2012, and follows the family of John, a Gypsy family in New York City. Plot Is about a Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ... family that are in a fight to keep their culture. Episodes See also * '' My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding'', which aired from 2012 to 2016 References 2010s American reality television series 2012 American television series debuts 2012 American television series endings English-language television shows National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming Romani mass media Television shows filmed in New York (state) Romani in the United States {{US-reality-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GypsyCrusader
Paul Nicholas Miller (born August 11, 1988), better known by his online alias GypsyCrusader, is an American far-right political commentator, streamer, white supremacist, former Muay Thai fighter and convicted felon. He is known for his livestreams on various media services that feature him cosplaying as an array of different characters including the Joker, the Riddler, Mario, and others while he tells his political beliefs to strangers on Omegle. He is known for his advocacy for a race war, espousing white supremacy and neo-Nazism. He has been tied to multiple alt-right and far-right organizations, including the Proud Boys and the Boogaloo movement. Early life Paul Nicholas Miller was born in New York on August 11, 1988. His father, Robert "Bob" Miller, is of Romani descent, and his mother, Diana Miller, was Mexican. Fighting career Miller began training in Muay Thai in 2008, at the age of 20. He had his first amateur fight in 2008 after only 3 months of training. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire (pronounced SHAWN-in; born January 5, 1978 in Martinez, California) is an American author and filker. McGuire is known for her urban fantasy novels. She uses the pseudonym Mira Grant to write science fiction/ horror and the pseudonym A. Deborah Baker to write the "Up-and-Under" children's portal fantasy series. In 2010, she was awarded the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer by the World Science Fiction Convention. Her 2016 novella '' Every Heart a Doorway'' received a Nebula Award, Hugo Award, Locus Award, and Alex Award. In 2013, McGuire received a record five Hugo nominations in total, two for works as Grant and three under her own name. Biography McGuire was born in California and attended University of California, Berkeley. She currently lives in Washington State. She has described her interests as including "swamps, long walks, long walks ''in'' swamps, things that live in swamps, horror movies, strange noises, musical theater, reality TV, comic bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Mason (singer)
Jerry Mason (born 1942, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American former singer, songwriter, guitar player, and entertainer during America's rock and roll era. Mason currently lives in Southern California. Mason is of Romani (Gypsy) heritage. Mason replaced one of the original members of The Four Lads, singer Bernie Torish, for a while. Recordings *"The Four Winds and the Seven Seas", Kapp Records, New York, NY, 195* "Strange Feelings", Kapp Records, New York, NY, 1959 *"You Are Lonely", Chess Records, Chicago, IL, 196*"You’re Cruel", Chess Records, Chicago, IL, 1960 *"Jones Street", Swan Records, Philadelphia, PA, 196*"Sweet Enough For You", Swan Records, Philadelphia, PA, 1962 Television shows Mason appeared on *'' The Big Beat (TV show), The Big Beat'', New York, NY, 1959, producer and host Alan Freed *'' Shindig'', Hollywood, CA, 1965, producer Jack Good, host Jimmy O'Neil *'' Hollywood A Go-Go'', Hollywood, CA, 1965, producer Al Burton, host Sam Riddle *''Joey Bishop a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Marks
Rose Marks (born ) is the American Matriarchy, matriarch of a family of fraudulent psychics convicted of Federal crime in the United States, federal crimes in 2013 in Florida. Marks and members of her extended family operated multiple storefront businesses, four in Broward County, Florida one of which was in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, named "Astrology Life" and one in Manhattan on W. 58th Street near Central Park. They told vulnerable clients that the only solution to their problems was to give the purported psychics money. Prior to this case there was doubt that a psychic could be criminally charged. Jurors were told that fortune-telling is constitutionally protected Freedom of speech, free speech, but United States Attorney, federal prosecutors contended Marks engaged in fraud by promising to keep clients' money safe, "cleanse" it and return it when she had no intention of returning it. The case drew widespread coverage. Charles Stack, a retired Fort Lauderdale Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Marks
Jimmy Marks (February 14, 1945 – June 27, 2007) was a Romani American who lived in Spokane, Washington. He referred to himself as a "Rom". Marks became widely known in 1986 when the Spokane police department raided his home, performed searches, confiscated property, $1.6 million in cash, and $160,000 in jewelry, without a valid search warrant A search warrant is a court order that a magistrate or judge issues to authorize law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a person, location, or vehicle for evidence of a crime and to confiscate any evidence they find. In most countries, .... The police claimed that 35 items were from burglaries. The Markses claimed that the cash was being held for other Romani families who did not trust banks. Marks brought suit against the city of Spokane for $59 million, and after 11 years the case was settled out of court for $1.43 million. The lawsuit has been cited as a landmark case in the civil rights of Romani Americans. Due to bringin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Marks
Gina Marie Marks (born January 25, 1973) is an American psychic and convicted fraudster. Using the pseudonym of Regina Milbourne, she co-authored '' Miami Psychic: Confessions of a Confidante'', a memoir published by HarperCollins in 2006. In August 2018, Marks' career as a psychic con-artist, and the decade-long pursuit by detective Bob Nygaard to bring her to justice, were portrayed on an episode of the CBS series ''Pink Collar Crimes'' titled "The Psychic Didn't See Him Coming". In 2018 Marks pleaded guilty to defrauding five victims out of more than $340,000, but blamed her prosecution on racism against Romani people. In September 2018, she was sentenced to six years in prison. Criminal activity Marks has had numerous arrests and convictions in Florida for defrauding clients out of large sums of money while claiming to use psychic powers to help them: * In 2007, Marks pleaded no contest to grand theft charges related to an agreement to "cleanse souls" for a total of $65, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Marcinko
Richard Marcinko (November 21, 1940 – December 25, 2021) was a United States Navy SEALs, U.S. Navy SEAL Commander (United States), commander and Vietnam War veteran. He was the first commanding officer of United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, SEAL Team Six. After retiring from the United States Navy, he became an author, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker. Early life and education Marcinko was born November 21, 1940, in Lansford, Pennsylvania and was of Croatian and Slovak descent. His father was a Croat from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Herzegovina, and his mother from Slovakia. At a young age, his family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey. After dropping out of high school, Marcinko tried to enlist in the United States Marines, who rejected him due to a lack of a high school diploma. Marcinko successfully enlisted in the United States Navy in September 1958 as a radioman. He was accepted into the Underwater Demolition Team/ Repla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oksana Marafioti
Oksana Marafioti (''nee'' Kopylenko) is a writer. Biography A classically trained pianist, she graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Professional Film Crew Training Program, and worked in film before moving into writing. She is the author of American Gypsy: A Memoir (FSG, 2012). Her works have appeared in''Slate'' and '' Time'', and ''Immigrant Voices Vol.II'' (Penguin Random House, 2015). She was the 2013 BMI - Library of Congress Kluge Center Fellow and the 2020 recipient of the Picador Guest Professorship Award from the University of Leipzig, Germany. Along with many interviews and panel appearances, Oksana has presented her research on ''Magical Realism In Soviet Russia'' at the Library of Congress in 2013 and participated in the C-SPAN Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN ) is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises many proceedings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Nygaard
{{Infobox person , name = Bob Nygaard , image = File:Private Investigator Bob Nygaard.jpg , image_size = , caption = Nygaard in 2015 , birth_date = , birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S. , death_date = , death_place = , death_cause = , nationality = American , other_names = , known_for = Psychic fraud investigations , education = New York City Police Academy , alma_mater = Southern Methodist University , employer = , occupation = Police officer, Private investigator , website = Bob Nygaard is an American private investigator (PI) specializing in the investigation of confidence crimes, most notably psychic fraud. He has been instrumental in the arrest and conviction of numerous psychics, helping their victims obtain justice including financial restitution amounting to millions of dollars. He has consulted for ABC News and ''20/20'' as a specialist in psychic fraud. Nygaard previously was a member of the New York C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
